Stock-weaner.



No. 869,108 PATENTEDOGT. 22. 1907.

- A. w. SWENDER. STOCK WBANER.

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[NI/EN TOR ALBERT W. SWENDER, OF CARROLL, IOWA.

STOCK-WEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed January 26, 1907. Serial No. 354,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. SwnNDnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carroll, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Stock-weaner, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention has relation to stock weaners and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts as hereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a weaner of simple and cheap construction and of a durable nature which may be easily and readily applied to the head of an animal and which when so applied will not interfere with the animal when grazing or drinking but which is provided with a basket portion which will swing down automatically over the nose and mouth when the head is lifted.

The weaner consists primarily of a bow which passes around the jaws of the animal and which is provided at its opposite side with bails adapted to receive and retain the halter ends, a basket portion is pivoted to the bow at points adjacent the said bails and the bails are provided with loops which receive parts of the said basket portions and which cooperate with said parts in order to limit the swinging movement of the basket portion.

In the accompanying drawing:Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the weaner. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of the same.

The weaner comprises the basket portion 1 which is bound at its edges by a wire 2 which is connected by the cross-wires The binding wire 2 is provided at the upper corners of the basket portion with the eyes 4. The bow 5 is wholly or partially formed from a continuous piece of wire and passes transversely around the jaws of the animal. Said bow is provided at opposite sides with the loops 6 which are linked into the eyes 4 of the basket 1. The bails 7 are also located at the opposite sides of the bow 5 and the loops 6 are located between the portions of the said bails that connect with the said how 5. The halter straps 8 are at tached to the upper ends of the said bails and pass around the head of the animal in any suitable manner. At the forward portion of each bail 7 the wire of which the bail is formed is carried down below the bow 5 in the form of vertically disposed loops 9 which receive the upper portions of the binding wire 2 and consequently form guides for the said wire and are adapted to limit the swinging movement of the basket portion 1 with relation to the bow 5r 1n the form of the invention as shown in Fig. l the wire of which the loops 9 are formed is coiled about the bow 5 as at 10 while in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 the said loops are devoid of such coils. These coils tend to strengthen the said loops and prevent the end portions of the hails from springing away from the bow.- In the form of the invention as illustrated in Fig. 2 the wire of which the bow 5 is formed is not continuous but is provided with the separated ends .11 at the forward portion of the weaner. Each of the said ends 11 is provided with an eye 12 and the flexible band 13 is attached at its ends to the said eyes 12 whereby the said band 13 forms a portion of the said bow. The advantage of the said band is that it is flat and flexible and bears across the upper portion of the nose of the animal and sustains the major portion of the weight of the weaner. Consequently, a flexible saddle element is provided which is not liable to unduly rub the nose of the animal.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that when the animal lowers its head to graze, drink or reach food upon the surface of the ground that the lower portion of the basket 1 will come in contact with the ground and the basket will be swung sufficiently in an upward direction to permit the lips of the animal to reach the ground. When, however, the animal raises its head the basket portion 1 will descend over the nose and mouth and perform its function as a weaner.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

A weaner comprising a basket portion, a bow pivoted thereto. a strap engaging bail attached to the bow and being formed of wire and having a portion of its length extended into a loop which receives a portion of said basket for limiting the movement of the same, said bail wire coiling about the bow at each point where it traverses the same.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I

have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two- 

